New Books

Scott Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 20th Ed. (Que)

Besides our fealty to Linux, there may be nothing else besides tinkering
with our PCs that defines our Linux geek identity. Therefore, we know that
books like Scott Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing PCs, now in its 20th
edition, will appeal to many of our readers. Publisher Que calls Mueller's
book "the definitive guide to the inner workings of the latest
PCs"
and "with nearly 2.5 million copies sold, it's the best-selling
hardware guide ever". The book contains extensive information on
troubleshooting problems, improving system performance and making the most
of today's best new hardware. The latest hardware innovations and repair
techniques since the previous edition have been added. Ninety minutes of
DVD video is included, covering insider information about several key PC
components, including hard disk drives, power supplies, motherboards and so
on.
Besides presenting comprehensive coverage of every PC component, Mueller
also covers overclocking, cooling, PC diagnostics, testing and
maintenance.

Narasimha Rao's Sencha Touch 1.0 Mobile JavaScript
Framework teaches all one needs to know to get started with Sencha
Touch and "build awesome mobile Web applications that look and feel
native on Apple iOS and Google Android touchscreen devices", says
publisher Packt Publishing. Beginning with an overview of Sencha Touch, the
book guides users through increasingly complex sample applications. Other
topics include styling the UI, exploring Sencha Touch components and
working with animations and data packages using comprehensive examples.

As Linux continues to play an ever increasing role in corporate data centers and institutions, ensuring the integrity and protection of these systems must be a priority. With 60% of the world's websites and an increasing share of organization's mission-critical workloads running on Linux, failing to stop malware and other advanced threats on Linux can increasingly impact an organization's reputation and bottom line.

Most companies incorporate backup procedures for critical data, which can be restored quickly if a loss occurs. However, fewer companies are prepared for catastrophic system failures, in which they lose all data, the entire operating system, applications, settings, patches and more, reducing their system(s) to “bare metal.” After all, before data can be restored to a system, there must be a system to restore it to.

In this one hour webinar, learn how to enhance your existing backup strategies for better disaster recovery preparedness using Storix System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin), a highly flexible bare-metal recovery solution for UNIX and Linux systems.